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Long Barrow
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Visited 07/11/01CE.
This barrow is in surprisingly good order, considering its unfortunate roadside position. It's almost ON the road itself, and that makes me wonder about the motives of the road - it's totally insensitive and something you'd expect the Romans to have done. Maybe there's just a general lack of interest in ancient sites down here, it seems that way. Having said that, there's the remains of an information board here, with the information ripped off (there seems to be some kind of Pro-Kernow group going round removing all references to English Heritage and blacking out English Roses on all signs, quite sinister but I don't know enough about it to understand where they're coming from).
But, despite its road-side position, this little barrow is a treat. Definitely not suitable for meditational use in the day time (unless you can trip out under traffic) it might be quiet enough at night to be of some use. Whatever, it's beautiful and we're lucky it hasn't been completely trashed by a vehicle or removed because of the danger it presents to drivers.This post appears as part of the weblog entry Visit to Land's End, 03-08/11/01ce |
Posted by Holy McGrail
29th November 2001ce
Edited 26th November 2002ce
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